Posts Tagged ‘Growing Pains’

I was at a concert for U.S. Royalty a couple of weeks back (new band, not bad, check em out) and prior to the show, I had a discussion with a couple of friends about which television sitcom was better, Family Ties or Growing Pains. Of the four of us, I was the only one to support Family Ties, which I thought was a bit surprising considering Generation Y’s love for anything Michael J. Fox. This got me thinking, is there any sitcom that could beat Growing Pains in a debate when everyone has been drinking and the arguments for support are more matter of fact than insightful and thought out? Just considering the possible talking points:

• A character named Boner.
• Launched Leonardo DiCaprio’s career.
• Kirk Cameron was once a teenage heartthrob, now a born-again Christian, discuss.
• The butt of all of How I Met Your Mother’s interweb jokes… Alan Thicke.
• The Seavers lived in Smithtown, NY, the neighboring town to where I grew up.
• Seems like there is a reunion episode every 5-10 years or so…
• The show featured a spin-off, Just The Ten Of Us.
• A couple of iconic episodes such as when Mike Seaver gets the water bed.
• Everyone and I mean everyone, remembers the theme song.

So while I still contend that Family Ties was the better show, no one really seems to care about how it’s unjust to not allow someone to write a book report about Huckleberry Finn…